Emergent literacy

Parents often ask me what they can do to support language development. Of course, my immediate response is that they should read with their child. It does not matter if your child is an infant or a student in elementary school; they will greatly benefit from this one on one time.

The next thing that I recommend are wordless picture books. I understand that this idea may seem strange to you. So, I would like to explain why. Words are not the only way in which we communicate. Our world is filled with visual images and the ability to understand and communicate using a visual medium is an important pre-reading skill.